Bilge-pump.



G.B.BADGER.

BILGB PUMP. l APPLICATION FILED FEB.2, 1909.

1,008,235. Patented 1101111911. I

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APPLICATION FILED FEB.2, 1909.

Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

WIT/VESSES l/V VE N 0R Q @77mg a Afro/Mfrs i l citizen of the United States,

FUNiTED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE. A

GEORGE EDWARD BADGE-n., or MAYGEB., onEGoN.

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Specification of Letters Patent. A v

Patented Nov.` 7, 1911,

Application led February 2,1909. Serial "No. 475,579.

. gine by a system of leversand connecting rods which are operated by a treadle.

Still other objects of the invention will appear in the following complete description.

In this specification I will describe the preferred form of my invention, but it will be understood that I do not limit myself thereto, as I consider myself entitled to all the chamber 18 has a screw forms and embodiments of the invention which may be held to fall within the scope of the appended claims. p

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference .indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my pump; 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Flg. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the pump, a part of the friction wheel being broken-away to show the connection of the thrust rod with the bearing; Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the invention as applied to a launch; Fig. 5 is an elevation of a modified' form of the invention; and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the same.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that standards 10 are provided, which have iianges 11, which are bolted to the bottom timbers of a launch 12; these standards 10 having orifices 13 therein, in which are disposed bearings 14 having flanges 15, which contact with the standards 10 at their outer sides, the bearings 14 having 'screw threads 16 therein, in which mesh nuts 17, which are adapted to screw against the standards 10 and thereby hold the bearings in place on the standards. A pump chamber 18 has trunnions 19, which are journaled in the said bearings 14. The bottom 20, of thread21, which meshes in the screw thread in the pump chamber 18, so that the bottom 2O is held in shaft 25 by means place `and forms a pump chamber, removed for repairs,

permanent part ofv the the cost of the pump, inasmuch as the bottom 20 ofthe ump chamber has a suction pipe 22,. in whlch is disposed an inlet port 23.

the pump chamber 18, there is a bearing 24,

in whichis disposed a shaft 25, said shaft` extending into the pump chamber 18, and having secured to it -t hub 26, to which are secured blades 27, to form a rotary pump. Beyond the bearin 24 there is a friction wheel 28 with a hub to the upper portion the friction wheelJ 28 being secured to the of a key 30. The friction Wheel 28 is constructed by securing annular friction material 31 between anges 32, in-

-tegral with the hub 29, and a disk 33 disposed at the 4top of the friction wheel, bolts 34 passing through the disk 33, the anges 32 and the friction material 31, to hold the friction material in place. To the bea-'ring 24 is secured a flange 35 and. to this fiange is pivoted a thrust rod 36, said rod being pivoted to an arm 37, vsecured to, a shaft 38, there beingl also a second arm 39, also secured to this shaft 38, a treadle 40 being mounted on the arm 39. At one side of the pump chamber 18 there is an outlet port 41,

but at any time it may bev this construction'beingv 'also provided to lessen 29, the hub lying'next,l of the bearing 24 and Integral with there beinggr a communication 42 connected to this nout et port. In this communication 42, the, inner surface of which is rounded, there is pivoted a hub 45the pivot 44 being secured to the walls of the communication 42, and to this hub 45 are secured wings 43,`

the wings being. adapted to adjust themselves to the Huid flowing from the pump chamber 18, so'that when the shaft 25 is rotated, to carry the blades 27 in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2 of the drawings, thev fluid will .flow through the port 41 in the directionindicated by the arrow, but

should the shaft `25 be'rotated in the oppo- A site direction, the wings 43 will be moved by the fluid to the right, to be disposed against the right wall of the communlcation 42, in the same way in which they areshown in Fig.'2 of the drawings, disposed against the left wall.

In the modified form of my invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, a pump chamber 46, which is ofthe same construction as that shownin Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, is mounted on washers 47,

the pump chamber 46 having Hanges 48, through orifices in which bolts 49 are disposed, the bolts 49 passing through the washers and securing the pump chamber 46 to the bottom of the launch. In this construction the pump chamber is firmly fastened to the bottom of the launch, and a shaft 50 is connected Vwith a shaft 51 by means of a universal joint 52, the shaft 50 being journaled in a bearing 53 and having a hub and blades similar to those shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings. A friction wheel 54 is also mounted on the shaft 51 in a manner similar to the way in which the friction wheel 31 is mounted on the shaft 25, `but in the modified form of my invention, shown in Figs. 5 and 6, a bearing 55 is disposed above the friction wheel 54, there being pivoted to this bearing 55, a thrust rod 56 and a guy rod'57, the guy rod 57 being pivoted to the side of the launch and the thrust rod 56 being pivoted to an arm 58 secured to a shaft 59, there being also an arm 6() secured to the shaft 59, the arm 60 having a treadle 61. j

In the operation of my invention, it will be seen, by referringto Fig. 4 of the drawings, that when the device is properly disposed, the friction wheel 28 may be brought in contact with a Hy wheel 62 of an engine 63, to be driven by the Hy wheel so thatthe shaft 25 will be, rotated thereby, rotating the hub 26 with its blades 27, to draw the Water up through the suction pipe 22 at the bottom of the launch and out of the port 41 to the communication 42. As the wings 43 are adapted to adjust themselves automatically, should the engine be reversed and the friction wheel 31 be still in contact with the Hy wheel 62, the blades 27 will be directed in a direction opposite to that shown by the arrow in Fig. 2 of the drawings, which, however, will force the Huid by centrifugal force through the outletport 41, as the wings 43 will be moved by the pressure of the Huid, to a position at the right of the communication 42, similar vto that occupiedby them, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When all the water has been pumped from the bottomof the launch by the operation of the treadle 40, the shaft 38 may be rotated, thereby actuating the thrust rod 36 to move the friction wheel 28 from the Hy wheel of `the engine.

In the modified form of my invention, shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, the construction and operation are the same with the exception that the pump chamber 46 is stationary and does not move with the friction wheel 54, the shaft 50 being connected with the shaft 51 by a universal joint 52 to permit the friction wheel 54 to be moved to the Hy wheel 62, to be driven -thereby without anymovement of the pump chamber 46 or the shaft 50, journaledin the bearing 53. rI`he guy rod 57 tendsto prevent any lateral displacement of the shaft 51 and the system of links and. levers by means of which the shaft 51 is moved to and from the Hy wheel is practically the same as that shown in the construction disclosed in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, with the exception that in the modified form ofmy invention, the additional bearing 55 is mounted above the friction wheel 54.

Having thus described my invention, Iv

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a bilge pump, a chamber, blades mounted therein, there being inlet and outlet ports in the chamber, means for driving the blades, a chamber in communication with the first-named chamber at one of the ports, and two radially disposed wings spaced apart and secured together adapted to rotate in the chamber.

2.- In a bilge pump, a chamber, a Hy wheel, a vertical shaft, the upper terminal of which is adaptedto be moved to and from the Hy wheel, blades adapted to be driven by the shaft disposed in the chamber, there being inlet and outlet ports inthe chamber, a friction wheel keyed to the shaft adapted to be engaged by the Hy Wheel, a bearing for the upper terminal of the shaft, a thrust rod secured to the bearing, an arm pivoted to the thrust rod, a rock shaft to which the arm is secured, and means to rock the rock shaft.

3. In a bilge pump, a chamber, blades mounted therein, there being inlet and outlet ports in the chamber, means for driving the blades, a chamber in communication with the first-named chamber at one of the ports,

two radially disposed wings spaced apart and secured together adapted to rotate in the chamber, and stops at each side of the y last-mentioned' port adapted for limiting the A movement of the wings.

4. In a bilge pump, a chamber, blades mounted therein, there being inlet and outlet ports in the chamber, means for driving the blades, a Hywheel, which is adapted for driving the said means, means for moving the said means into and out of engagement with the Hy wheel, a communicating means connected to the outlet port, there. being a chamber in the communicating means, a pin disposed substantially in the center of the chamber, two wings secured together and spaced apart adapted to rock on the pin, and stops disposed in close proximity to the outlet port, which are adapted to check the movement of the wings.

5. In a bilge pump, a chamber having trunnions, standardsin which the trunnions are journaled, there being inlet and outlet ports in the chamber, a shaft, blades mounted thereon which are disposed in the chamber, a friction wheel mounted on the shaft laterally, a Hy wheel and means for moving the friction wheel mounted thereon willengage the fly wheel at the will of the operator.

6. In a bilge pump, a chamber having trunnions, standards in which the;trunnions are journaled, there being inlet andoutlet chamber', a friction wheel mounted "on the shaft laterally, means for moving the shaft relatively to the standards, a second shaft,

two arms secured thereto, and arod secured to one of the arms, the rod being journaled to the first shaft.

7. In a bilge pump, a chamber having trunnions, standards in which the trunnions are journaled, there being an inlet port vat the bottom of the chamber, a suction pipe encircling the inlet port, there being also an outletport in the chamber, a vertical shaft,

4blades mounted thereon which are disposed 1n the chamber, a friction wheel mounted on' 8. In a bilge pump, a chamber" havingtrunnions, standards with orifices therein, bearings disposed in the orifices, the bearings having anges which lie against the standards, the bearings also having nuts .which screw on threads thereon, the .flanges and nuts` pressing on either side of the standards respectively to hold the bearings firmly relatively thereto, the trunnions being journaled in the said bearings, a shaft, bladesl mountedthereon which are disposed in the shaft, and means for moving the shaft relatively `to the standards, there being inlet an v ,n ioutletports inthe chamber. ports in the chamber, a vertical shaft',lblades Y mounted thereon which are disposed-in theV YQ''In a bilge pump, a chamber having A, trunnions, standards in which the trunnions are journaled, there being an inlet port at the '-lbottom of the chamber and an outlet port at the outer side of the chamber, a shaft, blades mounted thereon, which are disposed in the chamber, a friction wheel mounted on the shaft, a fly wheel, and means for movingfthe shaft relatively to the standards so jt'hat'the friction Wheel mounted thereon will "engage the fly wheel at the will vof the operator. v

10. In a bilg'e pump, a chamber, a ily wheel, a shaft, one end of which is disposed -40 chamber, a friction wheel mounted on the' in thechamber, the other end of the shaft being adapted to be moved to and from the fly wheel, blades adapted to be rotated by the shaft disposed in the chamber, there .being inlet and outlet ports in the chamber, a friction wheel keyed vtex-the shaft and adapt- -ed to engage the fly wheel to be rotated thereby, a bearing for the said other end of the shaft, a thrustrod secured to the bearing, and' means adapted for operating the thrustrod.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses., Y

GEORGE EDWARD BADGER. Witnesses:

W. A. HALL, ,J. L. WOODEN. 

